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The Pysht Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state) . It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period , which appear to have been deposited in an offshore marine environment. Outcrops are present on the northern Olympic Peninsula , in Clallam County .[ 1]
Based on the Paleobiology Database:[ 2]
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^ Shipps, B. K.; Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; Pyenson, Nicholas D. (2019). "Borealodon osedax , a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities" . Royal Society Open Science . 6 (7): 182168. doi :10.1098/rsos.182168 . ISSN 2054-5703 . PMC 6689636 . PMID 31417706 .
^ Velez-Juarbe, J. (2017). "A new stem odontocete from the late Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 37 (5): e1366916. Bibcode :2017JVPal..37E6916V . doi :10.1080/02724634.2017.1366916 . S2CID 90151706 .
^ Velez-Juarbe, J. (2023). "New heterodont odontocetes from the Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A., and a reevaluation of Simocetidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)" . PeerJ . 11 : e15576. doi :10.7717/peerj.15576 . PMC 10292202 . PMID 37377790 .
^ Everett, Christopher J.; Deméré, Thomas A.; Wyss, André R. (2023-03-23). "A new species of Pinnarctidion from the Pysht Formation of Washington State (U.S.A.) and a phylogenetic analysis of basal pan-pinnipeds (Eutheria, Carnivora)" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 42 (3): e2178930. doi :10.1080/02724634.2023.2178930 . ISSN 0272-4634 . S2CID 257731013 .
^ a b Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; Uhen, Mark D. (2016-11-01). "A new basal chaeomysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Late Oligocene Pysht Formation of Washington, USA". Papers in Palaeontology . 2 (4): 533–554. doi :10.1002/spp2.1051 . ISSN 2056-2802 .
^ Mayr, G.; Goedert, J. L. (2016). "Eocene and Oligocene remains of the flightless, penguin-like plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) from Western Washington State". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 36 (4): 1–18. Bibcode :2016JVPal..36E3573M . doi :10.1080/02724634.2016.1163573 . S2CID 88129671 .
^ Olson, S. L. (1980). "A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes : Plotopteridae)" . Contributions in Science . 330 : 51–57. doi :10.5962/p.208144 . S2CID 4803730 .
^ a b Fraaije, R. (January 2006). "Two new Paleogene species of mud shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Upogebiidae) from Europe and North America" . Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (33): 81–89.